Musique Gouro de Côte d'Ivoire

 

MUSIQUE GOURO de CÔTE D'IVOIRE

Anthologie de la musique populaire

GOURO MUSIC FROM THE IVORY COAST 

International folk music council

Ocora, ?, OCR 48

Here is the 300th post on this blog; I still have time to wish you  the best year 2025 possible and to thank you for following this blog.

This is another LP that is not part of Ocora's catalogue. These field recordings were made in December 1968 and January 1969 by Michel Vuylsteke. The Gouro are located in a region of forest and savannah. As usual the music and the population are  described so I won't say much except that this music is rare enough and of great quality. Like almost everywhere in Africa, every moment of social life is a moment for music-making (encouraging farmers, funeral songs, grinding grain, ...)
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